Domenica pomeriggio al cinema con Lol. Tre rari film con Coxhill splendido - e inimitabile - protagonista proiettati in sequenza e accompagnati da nuove presentazioni ad hoc di David Toop, Helen Petts e Sally Potter: Frog Dance, Solo Soprano e London Story. Oggi al settimo piano della Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, la principale biblioteca in Lower Manhattan a New York.
LOL: Celebrating the Life and Music of Lol Coxhill. "The thing about modern jazz is that everyone wants to play loud, squeaky and bonky," he once told Rat Scabies. "But I'm louder, squeakier and bonkier than any of them." He played with Denzil Bailey's Afro-Cubists, Joe Harriott, Tubby Hayes, Martha and the Vandellas, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Bob Cobbing, AMM, Tommy Cooper, Shirley Collins, Lindsay Cooper, Rico Rodriguez, Penny Rimbaud. He was - with Tony Coe and Steve Beresford - in the magical Melody Four. He played under Hungerford Bridge and is said to have inspired Joni Mitchell's Real Good for Free. John Peel signed him to his Dandelion label. He acted in Sally Potter's Orlando and Derek Jarman's Caravaggio. He was, before his death just short of 80 in 2012, one of England's most singular saxophonists - ludic, free, improvising, always and in his fashion true. This afternoon will feature a trio of rarely-seen films about and featuring Coxhill (the ones by Helen Petts and Sally Potter will be prefaced by freshly-recorded video introductions from the directors.) There will also be a special introduction by his long-time friend and collaborator, the brilliant David Toop.
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